Advocacy For Respect For Cyclists Respect for people who ride 🚲 since 1996.
Toronto ON
Joined November 2010
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Toronto cyclists set to defend bike lane challenge before Ontario’s top court trib.al/vyRxf2m
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"Shellnutt said the video that was entered in court didn’t show anyone making any threats. Shellnutt said his legal team entered it into evidence thinking the charge would be dropped quickly. Instead, it wound its way through the justice system for a year-and-a-half before the charges were withdrawn recently." cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/…
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In support of the people of Minnesota we ride when they do (Sat Jan 31): "Several cycling groups in Minneapolis are organizing a memorial ride on Saturday beginning near where Alex Pretti was murdered, then riding to Renee Good’s memorial, then to the hospital where Alex was a nurse. 1/2"
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“It’s only fair if you want to buy a massive SUV that you should expect to pay more for the space it takes up”
Active travel campaigners call for higher taxes on “supersized” SUVs to tackle “carspreading”
road.cc/313343 #cycling
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Join us tonight, Tues, March 25 for a presentation and discussion about bicycles, politics, and a way forward. Yorkville branch of the Toronto Public Library, 22 Yorkville Ave, 6:30pm. #biketo #onpoli torontopubliclibrary.ca/deta…
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Cyclists lead by @Fridays4future went to @Stantec's office to ask why they're helping Ford destroy safe infrastructure. Instead of speaking w concerned citizens, Stantec employees called in Toronto Police who dragged out & arrested two people for trespass to property. 1/2
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Protesters demand engineering firm cancel bike lane removal contract with province
cp24.com/local/toronto/2025/…
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Tomorrow is the final reading of Bill 212, so we will ride to deliver 2 Ghost Bikes as the Conservative Govt confirms their intention to rip out our safe infrastructure.
Join us at 5pm Bloor and Spadina. We ride at 5:30 to Queen's Park!!! #BikeTO ALL OUT!!!!
📷 @tomflood1
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I’ve sat in committee all day listening to people speak about Bill 212, the bill that speeds up highway construction and rips out bike lanes.
Not a single person has come to speak in support of ripping out the Yonge, Bloor, and University Ave bike lanes, and restricting municipalities from creating new bike lanes.
Not a single one.
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On Nov. 21, please join @FFSafeStreets, @RespectTO, @CycleToronto, @TheBikingLawyer, and @thebikebrigade in confronting Ford and his government with the consequences of their dangerous and ineffective Bill 212.
ALT A black square on a green background. A white silhouette of a bicycle and the logos for ARC, Cycle Toronto, The Biking Lawyer, Friends and Families for Safe Streets, and The Bike Brigade. Text reads: Show Your Support Ghost bike delivery to Queen's Park Nov. 21 - 5:30 Ride from Matt Cohen Park The one growth area in cycling the Ford government will deliver is the increase of Ghost Bikes and devastated families. STOP BILL 212
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Ford bike lane bill criticized by road crash victims' families at vigil thestar.com/news/gta/ford-bi… via @torontostar
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Some coverage of yesterday's World Day of Remembrance event. We are always deeply grateful to @jnyyz for his excellent documentation of all things #RoadSafety and #BikeTO.
jnyyz.wordpress.com/2024/11/…
#WDoR2024 #RememberSupportAct #Bill212 #DeadlyByDesign #BikeTO #WalkTO
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Our leaders may stay silent, but we will not.
Join us at Queen's Park at 4:30pm today for the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.
Immense gratitude to @TheBikingLawyer
@tomflood1 #TODeadlyStreets #BikeTO #WalkTO #TOpoli #ONpoli #SafeStreetsSaveLives #WDoR2024
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Councillor Paula Fletcher has made reference to letters by Hospital CEOs supporting the University Ave bike lanes in 2020. Here are a couple of those letters, from CEOs of Sick Kids and Mount Sinai. Mount Sinai CEO says 63% of hospital staff bike to work.
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Bradford went from being one of the loudest cycling advocates on City Council to now pushing to spend tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to rip them out.
What happened, Brad? Is being anti-bike lane part of your 2026 mayoral platform? 🤔
“If the committee goes along with the recommendations at the Dec. 3 meeting, it would mean that the Bloor-Danforth bike lanes and the University bike lanes would remain in perpetuity.”
Safer streets, healthy communities.
Time to make it happen🚲
#BikeTO
toronto.com/news-story/10526…
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Mayor Olivia Chow's motion to oppose Premier Doug Ford's bike lane busting bill, Bill 212, CARRIES 21-4.
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It's not too late for the province to change direction on this. We have gathered the necessary information - It's costly and a waste of $75M, the lanes are well used, and they save lives.
In summary, Ford's bike lane removals will, according to a new City Hall report:
- Cost $75 million in direct costs and sunk costs.
- Make traffic much, much worse for at least nine months during construction to remove lanes
- Have minimal long-term impact on car travel times.
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New: Last year, a few Toronto businessmen protested against a bike lane.
This year, Doug Ford himself promised to rip it out — and change bike lane rules province-wide.
As it turns out, Balance on Bloor has some connections.
#onpoli #topoli
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Direct Action Alert! Join us Thurs. Nov. 21 as we deliver Ghost Bikes to Queen's Park while the Govt finalizes their reading of the anti-bike lane Bill 212. Meet @ Matt Cohen Park at 5, ride leaves 5:30, QP meet at 545: facebook.com/share/12Ah6RyST…
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Doug Ford wants to waste a colossal amount of money - $75M - to dig up roads and pull out bike lanes, with minimal benefit to commute times.
If the Conservatives are serious about reducing congestion they'd redirect these millions to improving service on the TTC.
Instead, Ford is playing politics with people's lives and blaming a few bike lanes for the entire region's congestion woes.
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In summary, Ford's bike lane removals will, according to a new City Hall report:
- Cost $75 million in direct costs and sunk costs.
- Make traffic much, much worse for at least nine months during construction to remove lanes
- Have minimal long-term impact on car travel times.